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Ankur - Society for Alternatives in Education

Keywords
Urban, Youth, Adolescents, Middle School, Gender, Caste, Religion, Conflict Resolution, Peace Education, Community, Library, Art, Computers, History, Resource Centre, Alternative school, Life Skills, Self-Development

Geographical Location
New Delhi

Languages
Hindi, English

Philosophy/Beliefs
Ankur believes that Education is
  • to read and to write
  • to enjoy the world of books
  • to express and articulate
  • to work and struggle for answers
It is to feel that I am
  • to know that I am free
  • to cooperate and not to compete
  • to struggle for our rights
Education is
  • to challenge biases of gender caste and culture
  • to look at the world through the eyes of the child
  • to carve new paths of living
  • to respect plants and flowers and all beings
It is
  • to experiment with varied alternatives
  • to reach out to the unreached
  • to work and strive for justice equality and peace for all
Objective/Goals
Ankur was started in 1983 in Delhi to help build empathy and an appreciation of diversities. For the last two decades Ankur has been working with the urban marginalised to create alternative models of education that respond to vital societal concerns and strive for building a society that affirms dignity of life, sharing of resources, participation, dialogue and non-violence. Ankur works with children between ages 6 and 13 and 14 to 15.

Work Description
Ankur's activities are aimed towards
  • Development of alternative curricula and teaching - learning material for children, adolescents and women. Curricula that address issues of conflict based on gender, caste, class, religion, and nation; and connect personal with the social micro with the macro, local with the global.
  • Building people's group that use spaces in government systems to strengthen and legitimise people's right to information and participation.
  • Facilitation of processes that engage young people in conversations that explore their space in the city and challenge the dominant modes of thought. They create local history by documenting their unique history and modes of expression using sounds images and texts and register themselves in the vast cyberspace.
  • Review and critique of the government policies and programs within the global context and with special reference to their implication for the marginalised.
  • Evaluation of government and non government programs for education, women's empowerment, community development.
  • Development of facilitators as reflective practitioners.
  • Resource and training inputs to government and non governmental organisations.
  • Collaboration with other ngo networks and campaigns, academics, educational institutions, government bodies for a combined effort for educational and social change. We support alliances for child rights, women rights, people centered development, peace and democracy.
Resources Available
Booklets on themes of festivals, community, child labor, communalism, Gandhi, Babri Masjid Demolition, Local History, Gender, Conflicts, for various purposes like training, discussions etc.

Workshops and trainings around the issues of societal conflict, violence and non-violence.

Contact Information
Sharmila Bhagat
Ankur - Society for Alternatives in Education
7/10 Sarvapriya vihar,
New Delhi - 110016
Phone: (011) 26523395, 26523417

Website Links
A recent article about Ankur
Description from the November meeting
Minutes of their presentation at the February 2004 conference
A report of one of their workshops


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